Association of sex work and social-structural factors with non-fatal overdose among women who use drugs in Vancouver, Canada.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Women who use drugs (WWUD) and engage in sex work experience disproportionate sex- and drug-related harms, such as HIV, however comparatively little is known about their overdose risk. Therefore, we examined the association between sex work and overdose and secondarily explored the association of social-structural factors, such as policing and gendered violence, with overdose.

Methods

Data were derived from two community cohort studies based in Vancouver, Canada between 2005 to 2018. We used logistic regression with GEE to examine the associations between a) sex work and nonfatal overdose and b) social-structural and individual variables with overdose among WWUD who engaged in sex work during the study. Sex work, overdose, and other variables were time-updated, ca

SUBMITTER: Harris MT 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9974922 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature